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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': In "[[Recap/ArthurS1E9ArthurBabysitsArthursCousinCatastrophe Arthur Babysits]]", the Tibble twins were hiding behind the curtain during a game of Hide and Seek. Arthur made up a monster called "Swamp Thing" to scare the twins out.
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* In ''Film/LadyOnATrain'', Danny sneaks into Nikki's apartment to retrieve the slippers and hides behind the curtain. Haskell, who is leaving, sees his shoes sticking out from under the curtain. When he bends over to examine them, Danny knocks him out with a {{Tap on the Head}}.
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* A minigame in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' has Mario hiding behind a curtain while Booster's Snifits try to find a Mario doll (ItMakesSenseInContext). HilarityEnsues as Mario's feet are obviously visible, but one, then two, and then ''three'' Snifits all fail to notice him.

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* A minigame in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' has Mario hiding behind a curtain while Booster's Snifits try to find a Mario doll (ItMakesSenseInContext). HilarityEnsues as Mario's feet are obviously visible, but one, then two, and then ''three'' Snifits all fail to notice him. Getting caught doesn't end the game, but it does trigger an OptionalBoss fight with Booster.
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* In ''Film/DeepInTheValley'', Lester and Carl hide from Rod behind the curtains in Daphne's room. The curtains are lace and don't conceal them at all, but due to the TrappedInTVLand reality they are trapped in, Rod doesn't notice.
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** In “The Valley of Fear”, the assassin hides behind the curtain to catch the victim off guard. [[spoiler:The ProperlyParanoid victim spots the shoe behind the curtain and attacks the murderer, who ends up being accidentally and [[BoomHeadshot rather gruesomely]] killed in the ensuing GunStruggle.]]

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** In “The Valley of Fear”, “Literature/TheValleyOfFear”, the assassin hides behind the curtain to catch the victim off guard. [[spoiler:The ProperlyParanoid victim spots the shoe behind the curtain and attacks the murderer, who ends up being accidentally and [[BoomHeadshot rather gruesomely]] killed in the ensuing GunStruggle.]]
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* A variation in ''Film/TheWolfman2010'' when Inspector Aberline sees a standing mirror with a couple of boots behind it. Thinking Lawrence is behind the mirror he fires, only to find when the mirror shatters that it's only a statue. One of the other policemen quips, "Now there's some bad luck for ya!" regarding the broken mirror. [[spoiler:Given that Aberline is later bitten by Lawrence, and thus [[TheEndOrIsIt doomed to become a werewolf himself]], he's not wrong.]]
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* ''Film/TheNameOfTheRose'': The herbalist discovers the book that's the [[MacGuffin motive for the various murders]] in a medieval monastery. He goes to tell William of Baskerville, who tells him to lock himself in his room and let no-one in until he arrives (Baskerville is held up in a theological conference). On returning to his apothecary, he shocked to find the place ransacked. He bolts the door and quickly goes to check the book is still there. It is lying on the floor under a table. The herbalist is relieved, until he sees a hooded figure step out from behind a curtain and walk toward him...
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* ''Film/{{Pulgasari}}'': When the king is cornered by Pulgasari, he makes a last-ditch attempt to survive by hiding in a curled-up curtain to hide. Given Pulgasari is a {{Kaiju}} who had decided to completely demolish the king's palace, it's unlikely the king's plan would have worked even if Pulgasari somehow didn't know where he was.

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* ''Film/{{Pulgasari}}'': When the king is cornered by Pulgasari, he makes a last-ditch attempt to survive by hiding curling himself up in a curled-up curtain to hide. Given Pulgasari is a {{Kaiju}} who had decided to completely demolish the king's palace, it's unlikely the king's plan would have worked even if Pulgasari somehow didn't know where he was.

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* In ''Film/SevenMurdersForScotlandYard'', [[spoiler:Winston]] hides behind the curtain in Lulu's flat when Barbara comes in to get some milk for her cat. However, Barbara sees his shoes peeking out under the curtains and recognizes them as the same ones she saw the night of the first murder.
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* ''Series/TheProfessionals''. In "Where The Jungle Ends", a mercenary is TrespassingToTalk to Britain's top organized crime boss. The boss is making an ImpliedDeathThreat which the mercenary cuts short by rushing over to the curtain and knocking out the goon hiding behind it.
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* ''Fanfic/TheVictorsProject'': In ''The Bonds of Blood,'' the Careers find Jay hiding behind a curtain the day after the bloodbath.
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* In the sci-fi parody by Steve Lovett, ''Babes In Outer Space'', the astronauts do this to hide from evil Queen Rula. The Queen's scientist Natina turns on lights to reveal them, but pretends it’s a 'shadowscope' that can [[SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands see everything the escaped astronauts are doing]]. Our heroes then [[RuleOfFunny proceed to pantomime]] everything the shadowscope 'sees'.
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* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': In "TheOneWith Unagi", Rachel and Phoebe sneak into Ross' apartment, hide behind his curtains and jump out yelling "DANGER!" to scare him as revenge for him pulling a similar JumpScare on them.

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* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': In "TheOneWith "The One with Unagi", Rachel and Phoebe sneak into Ross' apartment, hide behind his curtains and jump out yelling "DANGER!" to scare him as revenge for him pulling a similar JumpScare on them.
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* WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs use a tapestry as cover while they follow Lady Jasmine to her quarters in Prince Theodore's castle so that he in frog form can get a kiss from her in the episode "The Prince And The Hopper".

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* WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs The Smurfs use a tapestry as cover while they follow Lady Jasmine to her quarters in Prince Theodore's castle so that he in frog form can get a kiss from her in the ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' episode "The Prince And The Hopper".
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* In ''Film/DickTracyMeetsGruesome'', Gruesome gets the drop on Pat by hiding behind a hanging tiger skin the taxidermist's shop.
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* ''Series/TheRiseOfPhoenixes'': Zi Yan hides behind a curtain while Zhi Wei talks to Ning Yi.
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* In a documentary, this played a part in how one Holocaust survivor manage to evade the Gastopo in a ghetto, however, she didn't use a curtain, she used her mother's long coat. After hiding her brother in a suitcase, she'd get behind said coat and said it was an ideal hiding place because it hid her feet, too.

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* In a documentary, this played a part in how one Holocaust survivor manage managed to evade the Gastopo Gestapo in a ghetto, however, ghetto. However, she didn't use a curtain, she used her mother's long coat. After hiding her brother in a suitcase, she'd get behind said coat and said it was an ideal hiding place because it hid her feet, feet too.

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* In ''Film/ReturnToOz'', Dorothy and Ozma hide behind curtains in the clinic.




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* ''Literature/TheFamousFive'': This happens twice in ''Five Go To Smuggler's Top'':
** Dick and Julian hide behind curtains when they are trying to find out who is signalling from a tower.
** Block hides behind a curtain when he is trying to catch Timmy in the house. However, his shoes give him away, and the children ambush him.
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* ''Series/{{Cluedo}}'': Mrs White does this when she is eavesdropping.
--> '''Mrs White''': I secreted myself be'ind the curtains.
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* One ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'' chapter sees Yotsuba playing hide-and-seek with her dad. She decides to hide behind a curtain -- but she also twists the curtain up in a way that leaves her legs clearly visible to her dad.


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* ''Film/{{Pulgasari}}'': When the king is cornered by Pulgasari, he makes a last-ditch attempt to survive by hiding in a curled-up curtain to hide. Given Pulgasari is a {{Kaiju}} who had decided to completely demolish the king's palace, it's unlikely the king's plan would have worked even if Pulgasari somehow didn't know where he was.
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* ''Film/TheHorrorShow'': When Donna is searching the basement for the cat, Jenke's legs and shoes are seen hiding behind the rack of clothes.
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* In ''Film/MurderSheSaid'', Miss Marple first encounters Alexander when he is hiding behind the curtain that separates her room and the lumber room, and she throws a vase at him.
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* In ''Film/SherlockHolmesAndTheHouseOfFear'', Watson hears a noise and starts searching the lounge in the castle, but completely fails to notice a pair of shoes sticking out from the bottom of the curtains.
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* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': In "TheOneWith Unagi", Rachel and Phoebe sneak into Ross' apartment, hide behind his curtains and jump out yelling "DANGER!" to scare him as revenge for him pulling a similar JumpScare on them.
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* Disney's ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'' has Herc do this. Meg spots him easily-- the twitchy feet kinda give it away.
* ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' - Lumiere is caught doing inappropriate things to a feather duster behind some curtains.

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* Disney's ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' has Herc do this. Meg spots him easily-- the twitchy feet kinda give it away.
* ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' - Lumiere is caught doing inappropriate things to a feather duster behind some curtains.
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* ''Literature/TheDayOfTheJackal''. When the Jackal arrives at the hotel where the OAS leadership is waiting to hire him, he sees the shoes of their bodyguard behind a curtain in the hotel corridor, returns to the front desk and uses their internal phone to place a call to their hotel room, informing them that if that man isn't out in the open by the time he gets up there, he's going to leave and not come back. This incident causes problems for the Jackal later--the bodyguard pegs him as a ProfessionalKiller like himself, and is later kidnapped and tortured into giving up this information.

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* ''Literature/TheDayOfTheJackal''. When the Jackal arrives at the hotel where the OAS leadership is waiting to hire him, he sees the shoes of their bodyguard behind a curtain in the hotel corridor, returns to the front desk and uses their the internal phone to place a call to their hotel room, informing them that if that man isn't out in the open by the time he gets up there, he's going to leave and not come back. This incident causes problems for the Jackal later--the bodyguard pegs him as a ProfessionalKiller like himself, and is later kidnapped and tortured into giving up this information.
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* ''Literature/TheDayOfTheJackal''. When the ProfessionalKiller arrives at the hotel where the OAS leadership is waiting to hire him, he sees the shoes of their bodyguard behind a curtain in the hotel corridor, returns to the front desk and uses their internal phone to place a call to their hotel room, informing them that if that man isn't out in the open by the time he gets up there, he's going to leave and not come back.

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* ''Literature/TheDayOfTheJackal''. When the ProfessionalKiller Jackal arrives at the hotel where the OAS leadership is waiting to hire him, he sees the shoes of their bodyguard behind a curtain in the hotel corridor, returns to the front desk and uses their internal phone to place a call to their hotel room, informing them that if that man isn't out in the open by the time he gets up there, he's going to leave and not come back.
back. This incident causes problems for the Jackal later--the bodyguard pegs him as a ProfessionalKiller like himself, and is later kidnapped and tortured into giving up this information.

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